hi anita,
thanks for responding. I dropped in to your blog and Flickr site and enjoyed your bowls as well. You’re really exploring and I enjoy the subtle variations. The bowls are wonderful to make, only sometimes it is hard to wait until they are dry to see how they turned out!
Give Birka a hug from me and from Lucie (see the category ‘Foxy Tales’on my blog).

Annie,
I don’t remember the artist anymore,but the one pictured was made by me. I believe I used the bottom of a glass bowl turned upside down. But I’ve also used balloons.
I used rice paper, and for the glue, either wallpaper paste, or white glue slightly diluted. There are about 2-3 layers. The only tricky part is handling the wet rice paper which does tend to tear. I let it dry completely before removing from the mould. Usually about 24-36 hours. I think I coated the glass with vaseline.

Whether rice paper is difficult to come by depends where you are. Most paper or art supply stores wil have some. And it is very easy to order via internet.Maybe a Chinese grocery might as well, a roll of rice paper for sumi-e painting should be easy to find.

Tissue paper used for packing clothes and fragile things would work- not toilet paper, not kleenex, not paper towels,not the colored craft tissue paper- it is too thin and the dyes run.